Texas Proposition 7, Veterans' Land Fund Amendment (1973)

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Texas Proposition 7

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Election date

November 6, 1973

Topic
Veterans policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Texas Proposition 7 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inTexas onNovember 6, 1973. It wasapproved.

A"yes" votesupported the amendment to provide an extra $100 million in bonds or obligations for the veteran's land fund.

A"no" voteopposed the amendment to provide an extra $100 million in bonds or obligations for the veteran's land fund.


Election results

Texas Proposition 7

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

360,58962.45%
No216,82437.55%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 7 was as follows:

“Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to provide an additional $100 million in bonds or obligations of the State of Texas for the Veterans' Land Fund.”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is availablehere.


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Texas Constitution

Atwo-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of theTexas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 6 during the 63rd regular legislative session in 1973.[1]

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